Being a long-suffering Blues fan, it's something Malcolm doesn't get shirty about, though, and he has a ready riposte for pals of a claret-and-blue persuasion who constantly remind him of the bareness of Birmingham City's trophy cabinet.

None of the poverty and toil that characterized the daily life of American slaves, none of the bareness that contributed so powerfully to the historical sexualization of black bodies, was immediately apparent in the slave market," writes Johnson.

Connections between its three Gulf-derived offerings and three from Scotland were not entirely clear, but musically one appreciated Beamish's transparency of texture and the aching bareness of the concluding bars.

Although Katsura doesn't do '50s ballerina gowns and rosettes, her collection does have the bareness everybody's talking about, whether it's a slit up the thigh of a silvery sheath, or a low-cut empire-waisted peasant dress with embroidered flowers.

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